Month: December 2016

A very embarrassed Goa Government after announcing that Goa would be the first State to go cashless from 31st December has now submitted before the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) that it was not the intent of the Government to ban cash transactions but it is only an attempt to facilitate business transactions in the […]

As was expected the Government has rewarded R.K.Srivastava with a post retirement plumb posting as State Election Commissioner so that Goa can be his retirement haven and resting place for the next six years. R.K Srivastava who was due to retire on June 30th was given two extensions as the BJP chose to continue with […]

On 25th December 2011 thousands of us got a telephonic call from the then Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar on the pretext of wishing us for Christmas. What Manohar Parrikar was actually seeking was our vote at the March 2012 Assembly elections. In Dec 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 there were no calls wishing us […]

Instead of introspecting over its gross acts of omission and commission over the last four years and nine months, the BJP government in Goa which is at the very fag end of its misrule has over the last few weeks gone all out issuing every possible tender and recruiting by the droves more staff to […]

Judge B.P.Deshpande of the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act today rejected the plea by the Crime Branch to close the Serula Communidade cheating and land grab case against Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar. Stating that the Court was not satisfied with the investigation conducted by the Crime Branch, Judge Deshapande under Section 190 (1) […]

Under what authority of law is Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar interfering and dictating terms to officials on matters pertaining to the State administration? He is a Member of Parliament from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and not Goa. Equally guilty are Government officials including the Chief Secretary who have been attending meetings called illegally and very high-handedly on by Manohar Parrikar […]